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Putin signs law prohibiting illegal financial transactions

11:53 01/07/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed the law prohibiting illegal financial transactions adopted by the State Duma on June 11, the Prime business news agency reports.

Putin signs law banning promotion of homosexuality among children

10:56 01/07/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed the law banning the promotion of homosexuality among children. The document was published on the government website of legal information on Sunday.

Putin signs law on punishment for causing religious offence

10:28 01/07/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the bill on punishment for causing religious offence. The document has been posted on the government website of legal information.

Politicians should not be prosecuted for decisions they made - PACE rapporteur

14:26 28/06/2013 Politicians should be protected from criminal prosecution based on their political decisions, said rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Mr Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands).

US Senate approves immigration reform

13:29 28/06/2013 The US Senate passed an immigration reform bill on Thursday in the biggest revision of the country's immigration law since the 1980s.

Insane offenders may be taken to mental hospitals

18:20 27/06/2013 Russia's Ministry of Justice has developed a draft law that excludes a possibility for mentally unstable individuals convicted of minor offenses to avoid responsibility, and proposes that courts send them for compulsory treatment.

Initiative proposes prohibiting Russians from marrying for more than 3 times

17:59 27/06/2013 Voronezh activist has developed draft amendments to Article 14 of the Family Code, which propose that Russian should be prohibited from marrying for more than three times.

PACE rapporteur calls on countries to observe human rights during rallies

15:27 27/06/2013 PACE rapporteur Arcadio Diaz Tejera (Spain) is concerned about the consequences of the recent protests in Turkey and has called on the Council of Europe to work out principles for observing human rights while maintaining law and order during public protests and rallies.

Russia's upper house proposes alternative law on Nazism

15:11 27/06/2013 The Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, has proposed a law on Nazism as an alternative to the document earlier prepared by the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.

Internet companies call for review of anti-piracy bill

13:50 27/06/2013 Russian Internet companies have published an open letter against the anti-piracy bill, which the upper house of parliament approved on Wednesday.

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President Putin proposes harmful emissions quotas for most polluted Russian regions

13:33 21/04/2021 A system envisaging assignment of quotas pertaining to harmful emissions should be extended to all cities of Russia, where the problem of air quality is acute, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in his address to the Federal Assembly.

Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlement

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